Epsom Music Society 1197449
Annual Report and Accounts Year End 30th November 2024
During the year ending 30[th] November 2024 Epsom Music Society staged 4 classical concerts free of entry to showcase Ukrainian refugee musicians.
These events attracted donations to support the musicians.
We also staged several ticketed live top-class jazz concerts.
“Grassroots Jazz” continued to address the shortfall in Government funding for small jazz clubs up and down the country.
These clubs invariably work on a shoestring, and (more often than not) are chaired by promoters of the older generation. Within this generation, there is a (completely understandable) hugely lower incidence of internet/IT proficiency, which in turn leads to chronic underuse of social media to promote events.
In addition to this, there is a hugely reduced rate of bid submissions to the available money via Arts Council England from these promoters. This is definitely attributed to the same causation - a lack of the required skills required to make a coherent and competitive online bid.
There are dozens of professional bid writers bidding for this same pot of money. Pitting these promoters against these professional bid writers is never going to see a good result for grassroots venues. The likelihood of success is close to zero.
With reduced audience numbers, the profit margins are smaller for clubs, and for many, unmanageable.
As some clubs began to close we decided to do something about it.
A total of 4 clubs were awarded grants in 2023.2024.
The Trustees
Lionel Blackman Nigel Price Richard Tomlinson Alex Griffiths
Signed on their behalf by Lionel Blackman 19th August 2025
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| Epsom Music 1197449 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Account for Financial Year 1st December 2023 to 30th November 2024 | ||
| EXPENSES | ||
| Accountant fee | 100 | |
| Concert venue hire | 1313 | |
| Grants | 5450 | |
| Equipment | 290.41 | |
| Musician fees and expenses | 2710.38 | |
| Printing | 329.6 | |
| Promotion and social media | 222.99 | |
| Audio services | 400 | |
| Total | 10816.38 | |
| Income | ||
| Concert tickets | 7630.36 | |
| Donations | 1882.55 | |
| Gift Aid | 200 | |
| Total | 9712.91 | |
| Deficit | -1103.47 | |
| Balance c/fwd 22.23 | 10813.1 | |
| Balance 30/11/2024 | 9709.63 | |
| Signed | ||
| Lionel Blackman LLB MA Solicitor |
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